City of Batavia Bicycle Commission met Nov. 12.
Here is the minutes provided by the commission:
1. Roll Call: Amy Moore, Steve Ericksen, John Burnham, John Gamble, Joanne Spitz, Matt Knowles, Dave Pederson, Scott Brasel
Absent: Karen Cerveny, Randy Deike, Emil Jensen
2. Active Trans Meeting Oct 27: Amy went to meeting. Lawyers, mayors and bike advocates there. Well run. We are ahead of many communities in bike advocacy.
3. SRTS Grant: City is applying for infrastructure grants for work near JBN and HCS. Chris Bong, engineer with City of Batavia, sent a parent survey out about biking and walking behavior of students. Survey should have gone to every student at every school. We will try to contact him and ask for the results of the survey. Abby Beck is very interested as well. Survey was for every K-8 student or at least to every family in a 2 mile radius of JBN and HCS.
4. Bikes For Batavia: Food pantry clients can get a bike by messaging Bicycle Commission or CHIP IN. We sent Betsy a waiver and a client did sign it and took the one bike we gave them. Another client came to pick up a bike at ASU. One more client will go to ASU to get one. We also have a bike ready for an injured veteran. And have gotten another request from Lazarus House, that ASU will get a bike ready for. ASU and Bikes for Batavia is one of the largest donors of bikes to Working Bikes in Chicago!
Matt should submit request for payment for parts and repairs to Randy for payment with funds raised for the Bicycle Commission.
We should make sure waivers are signed by everyone who receives a free bicycle from Bikes for Batavia.
5. Bike Trail Maps: Dave shared bike trail maps from trip on Alleghany Trail he rode with Randy. Towns brand their trails, called Trail Towns. All color coordinated. Towns are 10-15 miles apart. Marketing is external- to draw people to their towns.
Big project to combine the tri cities – would need help from county or state for financial support and must be updated often.
6. Ryan shared info about the Local Technical Assistance program in Aurora. They help with: Bike Share, Wayfinding, and Bike Tourism. Working with CMAP and an in kind grant.
Ryan said the county signage on trails is complete.
Bike share programs: Fermi has 25 bikes and has had 2,000 bike shares so far! Matt and ASU do the repairs for Zagstar in Aurora. Bikes will be stored for the winter.
7. Bike Signage in town: Delayed due to other city issues. Hope to get some work done before next bike season. During Bike Week, Ryan said they will be doing temporary treatments on paths/roads to test new methods.perfect time to try bike lane on Shumway! Also want to get elected officials on bikes.
8. WWS: 10-year anniversary is next year, and hope to do some special bike related activities with them.
9. New App: Ryan developed a new app: Bit.ly/kkcomapp or kdot.maps.arcgis.com
Shows bike trails and lanes; Bike levels of service, Amenities, Parks, Parking and Restrooms, Public Transportation, Services, and Report Trail Issues. Shying away from private businesses (restaurants, bars, coffee shops). Group suggested phone numbers, tabs for other counties. Darker colors are for more adventurous trails. Ed Barsotti rated the routes.
Thank you, Ryan! He is also working on a bike report, county and municipal wide to improve bike infrastructure, a bike seminar, and new benches from the Bike & Ski Club.
10. Bike Education Law: Ed Barsotti sent great links to many programs already done, so need to review these and discuss with Chris Milka and BPS101 to decide how to proceed for next year. Need to teach K-8, so need at least 3 levels (k-2, 3-5, 6-8). Sent links to these resources to group.
The Bike Walk Education in Schools Act clarifies the existing traffic safety K-8 school curriculum requirement to specifically include biking and walking safety. Illinois crash data shows nearly five children are hit by drivers every day while walking or biking within one block of a school.
http://www.cityofbatavia.net/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11122018-1293
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